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Well if any new measures have been taken since the weekeend they sure as hell aint working yet. It use to be a time when most of spam was at night now everytime I log in doenst matter what time I see countless posts of same spam.

You really need more effective spam measures

I am sure many of us are utterly fed up of reporting them and following them around and clicking spam button when another one joins soon afterwards

It's when the spam hangs around on the main forum index even after the post has been deleted that annoys me.
I have seen deleted spam on the index for 5 days before someone posts something new on the board, the least used forum boards are obviously the worst for this.

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Cryin won't help you, prayin won't do you no good.

It's when the spam hangs around on the main forum index even after the post has been deleted that annoys me.
I have seen deleted spam on the index for 5 days before someone posts something new on the board, the least used forum boards are obviously the worst for this.

One way you can help to remove it is to bump a genuine thread on the affected, less used board (perhaps the latest genuine thread that now shows) by posting a comment on it

This will remove the spam from the main forum index, for that particular board

You can then also delete your post if you like - it's available via the edit post function.
If you do delete your post (which I would recommend, unless it adds value to that thread) the main forum index corrects itself i.e. the spam does not return and no longer shows

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